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| [1]`Come, and we turn back unto Jehovah, For He hath torn, and He doth heal us, He doth smite, and He bindeth us up. |
[1]'Come, and let us return unto 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; for He hath torn, and He will heal us, He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. |
| [2]He doth revive us after two days, In the third day He doth raise us up, And we live before Him. |
[2]After two days will He revive us, on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence. |
| [3]And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.' |
[3]And let us know, eagerly strive to know 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, His going forth is sure as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.' |
| [4]What do I do to thee, O Ephraim? What do I do to thee, O Judah? Your goodness [is] as a cloud of the morning, And as dew rising early -- going. |
[4]O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that early passeth away. |
| [5]Therefore I have hewed by prophets, I have slain them by sayings of My mouth, And My judgments to the light goeth forth. |
[5]Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of My mouth; and thy judgment goeth forth as the light. |
| [6]For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings. |
[6]For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings. |
| [7]And they, as Adam, transgressed a covenant, There they dealt treacherously against me. |
[7]But they like men have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt treacherously against Me. |
| [8]Gilead [is] a city of workers of iniquity, Slippery from blood. |
[8]Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, it is covered with footprints of blood. |
| [9]And as bands do wait for a man, A company of priests do murder -- the way to Shechem, For wickedness they have done. |
[9]And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so doth the company of priests; they murder in the way toward Shechem; yea, they commit enormity. |
| [10]In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing, There [is] the whoredom of Ephraim -- defiled is Israel. |
[10]In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; there harlotry is found in Ephraim, Israel is defiled. |
| [11]Also, O Judah, appointed is a harvest to thee, In My turning back [to] the captivity of My people! |
[11]Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for thee! When I would turn the captivity of My people, |